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Lot 530
Rare Greek Flatweave Carpet, circa 1960The cream cusped lattice field with a oneway design of flowering plants framed by narrow mint and olive green guard stripes198cm by 155cmLabel to reverse National Welfare Organistation AthensBacked in hessian. Ends and side cords complete and original. The flatweave is in good order.
Lot 585
A Rare Royal Coronation Brass Lantern Form Mantel Timepiece with Passing Strike, designed by Davall & Sons in 1936 for the Coronation of Edward VIII, signed Davall, London, 1937, lantern form case with engraved side panels, surmounted by a crown strapwork beaded bell top, silvered chapter ring, dial centre with enamelled Royal Coat of Arms and inscribed GRVI crowned 12th May 1937, single barrel movement with hour passing strike on a top mounted bell29.5cm highThis clock was originally designed for Edward VIII but then when he abdicated the title was replaced on the dial to George VI. Information regarding this can be seen in "Clockmaking in England and Wales in the Twentieth Century, by John Glanville and William M.Wolmuth, page 338". Brass surfaces are slightly discoloured, dial is slightly discoloured around the winding hole area, movement is complete but is slightly dirty, with pendulum.
Lot 2212
Omega: A Rare 18 Carat Gold Automatic Centre Seconds Wristwatch, signed Omega, model: Seamaster, 1957, (calibre 501) lever movement signed and numbered 16024663, two tone silvered dial with Arabic and dagger markers, snap-on back stamped inside pat applied for Dennison ALD and Omega Watch Co, case numbered 844901 and a Birmingham hallmark for 195733mm wideCase with surface scratches, case with very minor dents in parts, later strap and buckle, crown with Omega logo, plexi glass with small scratches, dial is clean, hand setting correctly, movement in going order.
Lot 2230
Heuer: A Rare Stainless Steel and Chrome Plated Chronograph Wristwatch, circa 1945, (calibre Valjoux 72) manual wound lever movement, column wheel chronograph movement, original finish black dial with luminous Arabic numerals and signed with the Heuer shield logo, three dials for seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer fifth of seconds track, original pencil hands, buttons in the band to operate chronograph, snap-on back numbered inside 4436838mm wideCase with surface scratches, case is dirty in parts, case with minor dents in parts, plexi glass is discoloured and with scratches, original dial finish has a good patina and aged well, dial with small scratches and staining marks, central chronograph hand and all three sub dial hands are missing, all four pivots appear to be visible under a 12X eyeglass, original hands with luminous missing, movement is dirty and the movement parts have some staining rust marks, the balance is swinging when shaking the watch from side to side and them stops after a few seconds, chronograph buttons are working when pushed and the chronograph levers appear to be moving, movement is fully wound and not working.
Lot 407
ASSORTED ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS, including TYRRELL (HENRY) The History of the War with Russia, vols 1 & 2, London Printing & Publishing Co Ltd, gilt lettered spines, half morocco, 4to(spine and corners worn); ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 3rd edn, vols XIV & XV (of 18), 1798, full mottled calf, 4to; FOY-VAILLANT (JOANNEM) Numismata Imperatorum RomanoruM, 1694, 1 volume only (boards loose) 8vo; MADDOX (JOHN) Excursioan in teh Holy Land, Egypt, Nubia, Syria, &c., vol1, 1834, Richard Bentley London, half morocca and marbled paper boards, 8vo; Relation de la Campagne de Flandre et du Siege de Namur, 1st editon, title page in red and black, floriated initials, marbled endpapers (some missing), four foldout maps, half calf, large 4to, (front cover papers missing, spine worn, pages and maps generally marks and stains) - contains the first account of the 1695 battle near Namur between England and France which was won by William III of Orange, husband of Queen Mary; The News, weekly newspapers dated from 7 July 1828 to 28 December 1829, including 4 January 1830 (loose) one volume, half calf with marbled boards, folio (8) FIRST EDITION. Folio. A-P2, Q1; (4), 61 pp., (3), plus 4 fold-out engraved double-page maps and battle plans by Nicolaes Visscher II after the drawings by Ottmar Elliger the Younger. T-page in red and black ink; floriated initials; in French. Marbled endpapers; bookplate of previous owner on top pastedown (SINCLAIR FIDE ET PUGNA). Slight browning and foxing throughout. Near contemporary mottled calf; modern spine, nicely rebacked, in seven compartments divided by raised bands with gilt decoration; red speckled edges; corners slightly bumped. A fine and very rare copy.
Lot 51
Japan.- Osaka Shosen Kaisha (The) Official Guide for Shippers and Travellers to the Orient, first edition, first issue, edited by M. Franklin Kline, plates and illustrations, in colour and black and white, cracking to gutter in a few places, original cloth, spine and corners rubbed, g.e., 4to, Osaka, Japan, 1914.⁂ Rare first edition, first issue of 1914 of the series that grew to be the 'Official Guide for Shippers and Travellers to the Principal Ports of the World'. This first issue featured only Asian ports, and the foreword lists those regions covered; Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Formosa, China, The Philippines, Straits Settlements and Ceylon. The guide includes photographic illustrations, period advertisements, as well as features on commercially orientated travel and transport facilities. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha, also known as the Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company Limited.
Lot 288
NO RESERVE Interiors, architecture, crafts etc.- Read (Herbert) English Stained Glass, number 16 of 50 copies signed by the author, plates, some colour, original vellum, slip-case (worn and frayed), 1926 § Hood (Charles) A Practical Treatise on Warming Buildings by Hot Water..., second edition, 4pp. advertisements, half-title, original blind-stamped cloth, lightly rubbed, 1844 § Cadogan Rothery (Guy) Chimneypieces and Ingle Nooks, plates, light foxing to half-title, original decorative cloth, spine ends lightly creased, [c.1911] § Ayrton (Maxwell) and Arnold Silcock. Wrought Iron and Its Decorative Use, plates, original cloth-backed boards, 1929 § Briggs (R.A.) Country Cottages and Homes for Small and Large Estates, plates, some colour, original cloth, spine gilt, 1910 § Jourdain (M.) Old Lace: A Handbook for Collectors..., plates, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, browned, spine ends chipped and frayed but overall a lovely copy, 1908; and c.25 others, interiors, crafts, English estates and families etc., including a rare ropes trade catalogue, v.s. (c.30)
Lot 34
Dorset.- Natural History.- Pulteney (Richard) Catalogues of the Birds, Shells, and some of the More Rare Plants of Dorsetshire ..., first edition, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, faint abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in modern cloth, printed label to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners, [Nissen ZBI 3250], folio, J. Nichols, 1799.⁂ Scarce, with only 5 copies listed on ESTC, at: British Library; National Library of Scotland; Natural History Museum; Oxford University Zoological Library, and; the Royal Society Library. The greatly expanded first illustrated edition of 1813 is more widely available.
Lot 269
NO RESERVE Crane (Walter) Triplets: Comprising The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet, and the Baby's Own Aesop, one of 750 numbered copies, plates, lightly spotted throughout, original vellum-backed cloth, vellum rather soiled, corners and edges bumped and frayed, 1899 § Cruikshank (George) Cruikshank's Water Colours, number 164 of 300 deluxe copies signed by the publisher, plates, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, 1903 § T'ang to Mao Tse-tung. A Folding Screen, number 120 of 200 copies signed by the translators, original patterned cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, Whittington Press, Andover, 1974 § Novello (Sabilla, collector) The History of Bluebeard's Six Wives, colour plates, light foxing, original cloth, rebacked and recornered, light retouching to upper cover, 1875 § Strachey (Lytton) Ermyntrude and Esmeralda, illustrations by Erté, signed by the artist to title, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light spotting but otherwise bright and sharp, 1969 § Suetonius. Lives of the Twelve Caesars, translated by H.M. Bird, illustrations by Frank Papé, signed by the artist and translator to limitation page, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine ends, otherwise a rare fine copy, slip-case, 1930; and c.30 others, children's and illustrated, v.s. (c.40)
Lot 64
Anatomy.- Maclise (Joseph) Surgical Anatomy, first edition, 35 lithographed plates with partial hand-colouring by Hanhart after Maclise, some light spotting and marginal water-staining, a few with tears at edges (some repaired), loose with the original printed upper wrappers of the 9 original parts in modern cloth portfolio with ties, folio, 1851.⁂ Rare with the original part wrappers.
Lot 96
Parry (Caleb Hillier) Collections from the Unpublished Medical Writings..., 3 vol., only edition, errata slip and advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, vol.3 with partly hand-coloured engraved plate (foxed and offset onto title), ex-library set with ink stamps to titles of vol.1 & 2 but removed from that of vol.3, otherwise a good clean copy, modern cloth, together in slip-case, [Wellcome IV, 310], 1825 § Robinson (Bryan) Observations on the Virtues and Operations of Medicines, first edition, one folding engraved plate printed in sepia, tables, light marginal water-staining, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, J.Nourse, 1752 § Heberden (William) Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases, first American edition, ink signature to head of title, foxed, modern bookplate of Eric Bywaters, contemporary sheep, a little worn, Boston, 1818; and 11 others, medicine, 8vo (16)⁂ The first item is one of few works by Parry, edited posthumously by his son and including the rare third volume 'Introductory Essays by Charles Henry Parry'. Parry is known for his work on angina pectoris and, particularly, exophthalmic goitre.
Lot 42
America.- Ashworth (Henry) A Tour in the United States, Cuba, and Canada, bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth stamped in blind, spine and joints sunned, joints and ends a little scuffed, [c.f. Sabin H.2208], 8vo, [?1861] § Robertson (William) The History of America, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 4 engraved folding maps, 1 folding engraved plate, bookplates, some light off-setting, spotting (mainly to vol. 1), contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, early sympathetic repairs to joints, [Sabin 27097], William Strahan, 1777; and 3 others North America, 8vo and 4to (6) ⁂ The first: Rare. Can trace no copies sold at auction in last 50 years. Henry Ashworth was a Bolton cotton spinner and author of several books on the cotton trade (listed in Slaters Directory of 1850)
Lot 199
NO RESERVE Madness of King George III.- Reply to the Author of the Remarks on a letter relative to the late petitions to parliament for the safety and preservation of His Majesty's person; and for the more effectually preventing seditious meetings and assemblies, first edition, half-title, author incorrectly inscribed as Edward Hartington on title, lacking final text leaf (I2), scattered soiling, one or two very faint marginal blind-stamps, modern drab-boards, 8vo, 1796.⁂ Rare. Only one copy on ESTC at the British Library. This work has previously been incorrectly attributed to Sir Edward Hartington, who was actually the author of the work this is in response to.
Lot 264
17th-century oak gate-leg table 17th-century oak gate-leg table, oval plank top with original steel hinges, single drawer to one end, ring and baluster column legs, two gates, rectangular section stretchers all standing on original turned feet.width 122cm (48") x 144cm (57"), height 69cm (27")Excellent original condition, very good colour, a rare example of a piece of oak that has not been altered.
Lot 1536
A rare child's pottery yellow ground diminutive mug, circa 1800, printed in brown with two boys playing on a see-saw above the inscription 'A PRESENT FOR MY DEAR BOY', height 4.8cm (faults and restoration).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 1460
A rare Mortlake stoneware hunting jug, probably Sanders, circa 1780-90, the ovoid body sprigged with a rectangular Punch Party plaque beneath the spout, above hounds and flanked by trees, a stag, a figure on horseback and a figure walking with a long staff, the rilled neck with plated mount, unmarked, height 18cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 1409
A rare Wedgwood Moonlight lustre pottery part dessert service, early 19th century, each piece of shell shape and covered in a mottled pink, orange and grey glaze, comprising a tureen and cover with stand and ladle, a dish and four scallop plates, impressed marks (minor faults).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 262
A rare 19th century pearlware shaped dish printed with the Arctic Scenery Series pattern. In blue depicting an Inuit family on a shoreline with an igloo and ships in the background, length 16.5cm. A similar dish can be found in The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery 1780-1880 pg 18.
Lot 124
A Chinese late 17th Century Kangxi period (1661-1722) jar, the globular jar with wide slightly everted rim, decorated in underglazed blue with two opposing panels filled with tree flanked mountainous landscapes, below a series of eight auspicious Buddhistic emblems, height 16cm, diameter 19cm, double circular lines to the underside of base and old paper labels, lacking cover. NB - Please see Christiaan JA.Jorg, Chinese Ceramics In The Collection Of The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. p109 for a similar example. It is a rare shape for the Kangxi Period. Originally they would have had simple bronze or silver mounts and may have been used as censers. Filled holes on either side of the neck further confirms that originally this jar is very likely to have had mounts and a cover. Provenance - This item has been owned by the current family for over 100 years and thence by descent.
Lot 2009
A Raiser Torsion 400 day clock (with instructions under glass dome) movement stamped with makers name, world globe at top of a 3¼" dial approx, suspended by two cream pillars and on a cream and brass plinthunusual and rare clockdiameters; 10½ x 6" approxsuspension appears to be in good conditionmovement not tested
Lot 1144
Corgi "Batman" Group to include Batbike with "Batman" figure; Batmobile finished in black, red bat hubs, "Batman" figure; (1st Issue) Batboat on Trailer with "Batman" figure (Rare Issue Trailer with spun hubs) and another (2nd Issue) with "Batman" figure - conditions are generally Poor to Good - see photo. (4)
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